Tag Archives: Okanagan
Mission provides relief from heat
With temperatures expected to reach 36 degrees this week, and the continuing crisis of COVID, many of us are staying in our air-conditioned homes. People without homes do not have that privilege, espe...
Pete McIntyre Jul 28, 2020
Floodplain plan to be submitted for award
Highlights of the Central Okanagan Regional District Board Meeting - July 27, 2020 Sustainability Award Entry Supported The Regional Board supports staff submitting an entry to the Union of BC Communi...
Pete McIntyre Jul 28, 2020
Border jumper’s ‘floating getaway’ plan fails
Police in B.C. say a Washington state man floated in the Kettle River near Grand Forks for over two hours in an effort to try and elude police. Police were able to track the man by walking along both ...
Pete McIntyre Jul 27, 2020
Police seek help to find missing man
RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing Kelowna man. Thirty-three-year-old Rylee James Blacklock was reported missing by his friends and family on July 20, 2020 after not hea...
Pete McIntyre Jul 27, 2020
Early morning fatal collision
One person is dead after an incident this morning on the Trans Canada Highway east of Kamloops. Staff Sergeant Mathias Val Laer says a pedestrian was struck by an eastbound semi trailer unit. No detai...
Pete McIntyre Jul 27, 2020
Water quality advisory rescinded
The City of West Kelowna, in consultation with Interior Health, has rescinded the Water Quality Advisory for the West Kelowna Estates System. The city issued the advisory May 9 due to turbidity from s...
Pete McIntyre Jul 24, 2020
RCMP recover stolen property; nine people arrested
Thousands of dollars in stolen property has been recovered after an investigation by members of the Kelowna RCMP Community Safety Unit. Officers executed a search warrant at a residence in the 3000-bl...
Pete McIntyre Jul 24, 2020
Police probe report of assaults and fire-setting in rural area
Police are investigating after three people claimed they were assaulted — and their travel trailer was set on fire — in rural Kelowna. West Kelowna RCMP, Kelowna RCMP, the Joe Rich Fire De...
Pete McIntyre Jul 24, 2020
Clothing store could have been possible Covid exposure site
Interior Health has identified another location in Kelowna where people may have been exposed to Covid-19. Individuals who visited Fossello's clothing store, 565 Bernard Avenue, on July 18 or on the m...
Pete McIntyre Jul 24, 2020
Watering restrictions making a difference
Once-a-week watering restrictions remain in place in Southeast Kelowna and Crawford. This temporary measure is necessary as the new water expansion goes through the startup phase of connecting 2,000 h...
Pete McIntyre Jul 24, 2020